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name: "Chu Ishikawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chu-ishikawa"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1966"
died: "21 December 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:11:51.457660+00:00"
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# Chu Ishikawa

Composer. Born 1 January 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Died 21 December 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 21 December 2017
- **Also known as:** Chuu Ishikawa, Chū Ishikawa, Chû Ishikawa

## Biography

Chu Ishikawa (also credited as Chū Ishikawa) was a Japanese composer and musician specialising in industrial and experimental music. He founded the groups Zeitlich Vergelter and Der Eisenrost, and began composing for film in the late 1980s.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director Shinya Tsukamoto, providing the scores for *Tetsuo: The Iron Man* (1989), *Tetsuo II: Body Hammer* (1992), *Tokyo Fist* (1995), *Bullet Ballet* (1998), *Gemini* (1999), *Vital* (2004), *Haze* (2005) and *Tetsuo: The Bullet Man* (2010), among others. He also composed for several films by Takashi Miike, including *Fudoh: The New Generation* (1996) and *Dead or Alive 2: Birds* (2000).

Ishikawa died on 21 December 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tetsuo: The Iron Man* (1989), Fi1m 82, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/tetsuo-the-iron-man.md)

## Also known for

- *A Snake of June* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Fist* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Bullet Ballet* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Tetsuo II: Body Hammer* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Haze* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Vital* (2004), Music
- *Dead or Alive 2: Birds* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Gemini* (1999), Original Music Composer

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